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10 Land of hope

'In the past, there's a man who seek a way to go to another world. No one know where the man from or who's his parents. Some says that man suddenly appear from fog, some says that man suddenly appear inside the forest, some says that man suddenly appear from nothingness and etc. That man is mysterious and no one know his origin. But there's one opinion that a lot of people believe, that man is from another world. Why they think like that? Well, because he often mutter that he want to go back to his home. Some people ask him where is his home, and he say it's not from this world.

So, to search his way to go back to his world, he begin his journey, because going back is his absolute goal. From land to sea, he go to everywhere that seems have a clue to his goal. In the way of his adventure, he also gather many companion. But there's no detail about how many or what their names, because somehow, people forget about them. But they still remember their existence.

And after many years of searching, they finally find the closest answer of The Man's goal. The Man believe that place is the door to go back to his world. In the middle of the ocean that no one ever find, theres island that highlated by the sunlight, there's no cloud above the land, and eventhough in the night, the island still bright by the sunlight. No one know how the sunlight still shining on the island even at the night, but The Man believe that light is a stair to go to the other world, his world.

After they step inside the island, every despair, every negative energy, every negative thought, and everything beside the positiveness is disappear. They only feel one thing, that is 'Happiness'.

No one know what happen to The Man, did he find the way to go to another world? Did he able to go back to his world? no one know. But the island that they find is still there. People call that island as 'The Island of Hope'.'

But until now, there's no one who find the way to go to that island.'

"And that's why it called fairy tail. Maybe it just a nonsense that created by a drunk man? Or maybe it's true? No one knows, since it's a fairy tail."

After Ella arrived at the oprhanage, somehow, she ask Sisters to tell the story that she heard before from the boys. At first the Sisters scolding her for not coming back but after Ella apologizing many times, the Sisters finally stop scolding her and then Ella ask about the story.

After hearing the story, Ella's spirit of finding that island is grow much bigger. Ella's most desire is the Ultimate Happiness. She want to be happy her whole live. The one thing that she want is her happiness above all. She doesn't care if someone that she don't know fell into despair if it's means she can become happy. But since she don't have friend yet, she don't know what would she do if the time when she need to sacrifice her friend for her happiness come.

'I will think about that when the time's come.'

After hearing the story, Ella decided to train again by swinging her sword. Since she get proper meal, maybe, for few days, her stamina and muscle is growing for a bit and make her able to swing it much more than before.

Maybe the island is never exist, maybe it's really just a fairy tail, maybe it's really just a nonsense that created by a drunk man, but still, Ella believe it. Ella believe that island exist. And Ella believe that someday she will reach that island and get her Ultimate Happiness.

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Inside a building that look decent, there's two man that talking to each other, seems discussing something. One man with thin beard on his face is sitting on a chair but there's no table infront of him. On the side, there's a man with kind of long hair, talking to the man with beard infront of him.

"So, there's two of our members died?" ask the man with beard.

"Yes, we found them on the Nop District, with their neck ripped."

"Ripped? not cut or slash?"

"Yes, it seems like they got bitten by an animal, but the looks of the bite is from human teeth."

"Hemm." the man with beard scrub his chin, thinking, "Well, they not that important to our gang, but just in case search the person who kill them. Who know, maybe the other gang killed them for their plan or something, or maybe they just pissed someone who they should've stayed away from."

"Understood."

The long haired man then walk towards the door and leave the room.

"Hhaaahhhhhh..." the man with beard sighed, "Our gang is already lack of members, and now there's two of our members died. We need to becareful with other gang's movement. There's possibility they will attack us after hearing the news. Number is everything after all."